God Continually Shows Us in Nature that There Will Be a Resurrection. - ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (complete text), Origen’s Commentary on John, Books 1–10, and Commentary on Matthew, Books 1, 2, and 10

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Chapter XXIV.—God Continually Shows Us in Nature that There Will Be a Resurrection.

Let us consider, beloved, how the Lord continually proves to us that there shall be a future resurrection, of which He has rendered the Lord Jesus Christ⁴¹¹⁴

⁴¹¹⁴ I. omits “Christ.”
the first-fruits⁴¹¹⁵

⁴¹¹⁵ Comp. 1 Cor. xv. 20; Col. i. 18.
by raising Him from the dead. Let us contemplate, beloved, the resurrection which is at all times⁴¹¹⁶

⁴¹¹⁶ I. κατὰ καιρόν (in due season).
taking place. Day and night declare to us a resurrection. The night sinks to sleep, and the day arises; the day [again] departs, and the night comes on. Let us behold⁴¹¹⁷

⁴¹¹⁷ I. λάβωμεν (let us take).
the fruits [of the earth], how the sowing of grain takes place. The sower⁴¹¹⁸

⁴¹¹⁸ Comp. Luke viii. 5.
goes forth, and casts it into the ground,⁴¹¹⁹

⁴¹¹⁹ I. adds ἓκαστον τῶν σπερμάτων (the seeds severally.)
and the seed being thus scattered, though dry and naked when it fell upon the earth, is gradually dissolved. Then out of its dissolution the mighty power of the providence of the Lord raises it up again, and from one seed many arise and bring forth fruit.
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